Avenue U & West 9th Street

Avenue U and West 9th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Constantino Tino DeCorato Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Meucci Triangle is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
420 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Avenue U/W 8 St · B3
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & West 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    420 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. Ave U F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky” (2018) by Sally Gil at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/W 8 St, 300 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 8 St B3
    300 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
61 and 62 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Constantino Tino DeCorato Way, a co-naming enacted on December 21, 2004 (Local Law 63 of 2004).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Constantino Tino DeCorato Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of West 9th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 9th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306049, 309731, 316905 and 320565.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Meucci Triangle.

  1. Antonio Meucci Memorial Statue, 1989
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  3. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Meucci Triangle
    820 feet
  2. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or West 9th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.